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1. londerwost
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   When using /wp-admin/install.php I get the following error:

   "Error establishing a database connection

   This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at DB_HOST. This could mean your host's database server is down."

   I have tested the DB and it works, I can log into it just fine. I made the exact changes that were instructed in the installation guide. Is there something wrong with the code? Am I missing a step?

   This is the code that I have with *** for the username, DB name, password, and IP address (not posting that on a public forum):

   <?php
   // ** MySQL settings ** //
   define('***', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
   define('***', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
   define('***', 'password'); // ...and password
   define('localhost', '***'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

   // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
   $table_prefix = 'wp_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

   // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
   // chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
   // For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
   // to enable German language support.
   define ('WPLANG', '');

   /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

   define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
   require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
   ?>

2. Michael Bishop
   Forum Concierge
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You need to swap the *** with the wordpress, username, and password.

   So instead of define('***','wordpress')

   you need define('DB NAME','***'), etc

3. londerwost
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Sorry I was not clear. I know this. I'm not going to post it on the forums. FOR THIS POST I put the *** over the username, etc...

4. Les Bessant
   Moderator
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Which is why it didn't work, it should look like this:

   define('DB_NAME', 'your_database_name');
   define('DB_USER', 'your_user_name');
   define('DB_PASSWORD', 'your_password');
   define('DB_HOST', 'your_database_server');

   And while it does say there's a 99% chance you won't need to change the server name from "localhost", this does depend on your host.

5. londerwost
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Now I feel silly. Thanks for the clarification!

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